"And torture is something which can never be tolerated or excused."

This brings up an interesting point.

Imagine that we caught a terrorist, it doesn't matter from what group.
He says that in less than an hour, there will be a massive explosion that will kill more than ten thousand innocent people. He refuses to tell the authorities where the bomb is. With only an hour left, are you willing to look the other way and let ten thousand innocent people die just for the sake of this terrorist? What are you going to do to make him tell you where it is. Plead and beg? Are you going to tell him how sorry we are for running him out of his country in hopes that this will sway him one way or the other?

Don't tell me that this isn't a valid question. It is very valid. Especially in today's atmosphere. As a compassionate human being, as a lot of liberals or even Bobert's "progressives" ( a rose by any other name is still a rose.)claim to be...how can you choose 1 terrorist over ten thousand innocent civilians?